Virgil Scott
Virgil Scott's, professional graphic design career has been based in Dallas for 30 years where he has functioned as a partner, owner and creative director in various creative design environments. Forming Scott Design in 1990, Scott has created niches in designing restaurant collateral programs, consumer and business to business solutions for commercial real estate clients and identity programs for national and international entertainment and hospitality venues. Scott has been a consistent recipient of both local and national design awards being recognized by theDallas Society of Visual Communications, Print Magazine and Communication Arts Magazine. Scott's letterpress work was recently included in The LIttle Book of Letterpress, published by Chronicle Books.
Scott is an assistant professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce, teaching in the Visual Communication program at the Universities Center at Dallas Campus. He teaches typography, design, creative methodologies and pedagogy classes in both the undergraduate, and graduate program. Scott created, authored, and implemented the current MFA Visual Communication program, and serves as graduate coordinator.
Scott's current letterpress print work is based in re-purposing vintage letter press equipment as a modern day creative tool of expression. In 2008, after much joyous collecting, rescuing and resurrecting of vintage letterpress equipment, Virgil Scott and Kim Neiman opened Studio 2o4 in Arlington, Texas. Using a 1949 Vandercook flat-bed letterpress, and an 1897 Chandler Price platen press they design and print limited edition posters, cards, books and everything else. Their work utilizes vintage wood type, metal type and hand carved linoleum block images to create custom projects for commercial clients, retail sales and public gallery exhibitions.
Publications:
January 2011:
Communication Arts Typography Annual, Coyne & Blanchard Inc Publisher Menio Park, California . ISSN 0010-3519
Letterpress Poster selected to be included in this to be included in this internationally distributed publication.
August 2010:
The Little Book of Letterpress, Chronicle Books Publisher-San Francisco
Letterpress Posters selected to be included in this internationally distributed publication
Exhibitions:
2010 The Dallas Society of Visual Communications: The Dallas Show, Posters (2)
2010 Studio 2o4: What's So Funny About Peace Love & Understanding/Arlington TX. November 13th, 2010
2010 Vandercook Centenary Print Bundle Show / University of Witwatersand. Johannesburg. July, 2010
2010 Vandercook Centenary Print Bundle Show / Longwood University. Framville, Virginia. January, 2010
2010 Vandercook Centenary Print Bundle Show / University of South Alabama. Mobile, Alabama March 2010
2010 Vandercook Centenary Print Bundle Show / University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama November, 2010
2010 Vandercook Centenary Print Bundle Show / Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles November, 2010
